Family of drink-drive victim has a message to all motorists

The family of a young engineer killed by a driver more than twice over the limit have told how their lives were “ripped apart” by his death. Frank Martell died in April 2017 when the Ford Focus he was driving was hit by another car near his home in Newark. Leicestershire Live reports the other driver Joseph Tame 23, of Walnut Paddock, Melton, was two-and-a-half times over the drink-drive limit. He was jailed for six years at Nottingham Crown Court in June, this year, after admitting causing death by dangerous driving. He was also banned from driving for eight years. Frank’s family face another bleak Christmas without him, but bravely say they don’t want anyone else to go through what they have had to. The message from Frank’s family His sister, Kirsty Martell, 32, described how their lives have been “ripped apart” over Tame’s actions and said that Frank’s death was avoidable. She said: “It’s absolutely ripped us apart. “We are ruined by it, especially given that there’s no sort of logic to it. It makes it really difficult to get your head around. “There’s no reason for Frank to have died that night.” Kirsty issued a plea to anyone thinking of driving after drinking this festive season. “I feel like even if people know the consequences, they still wouldn’t think it would happen to them,” she said. “It’s typical of these young lads – they think they can do these things and that it would never happen to them.”… [Read full story]